So everyone knows that marriage has some good times and some bad times. During bad times, I believe the ideal situation is that the couple turns towards each other. However, sometimes the emotional burden is so much due to work, family stress etc. that one just has to let it out somewhere. Once again, ideally speaking, your home should be the place where you can take out those emotions while getting support from your SO. So I have two questions here When does the partner draw the line and say to their SO that the rant is coming between their daily life. It is okay to rant once or twice but is it too much if it happens for a whole week? 2 weeks? How do you guys approach this situation? This is for couples who have kids: How does one still keep a safe space for ranting without your child being affected by it? As an example, last thing your child would want to hear is that one of their parent is screaming on how bad their boss was or him/her mom/dad/[insert some relative] was to him/h...

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Hi. Throwaway account here. I'm trying to be brief, but finding it's impossible, so take with a grain of salt some of the broad brush strokes here. My wife is driving me nuts with nearly constant idle complaining and I don't know what to do to make the situation better. I'll call her Jane for anonymity. My wife (43F) and I (39M) have been married for almost 12 years. We have 4 kids - (25F - her bio daughter that I adopted shortly after, and who is now graduated, married and moved out), and (10F, 7M, 6F). Financially things have generally been going very well. When we got married we had over 90k in debt combined. I pushed hard for success at work and built up my salary to over 170k + bonuses. I recently came into some big money through work that allowed us to pay off our house early and all debts, and put another 130k away in savings. Jane is a former schoolteacher, and is a specialist in early childhood education, so she home schools the kids. We supplement this w...

Hi, Wife just gave birth to our 2nd daughter and since we're staying at home I have no idea what to do for our 5th wedding anniversary. Wife said to "just not make it a typical day".  She's not asking for a gift so I want to do something special at home.  I'd like to make her feel special since she had a little rough delivery of our 2nd daughter.  First kid is a 3 years old so I think both would enjoy something nice. She's 33 and I'm 45. She likes thoughtful gestures, eating good food, pampering stuff to give you an idea.  So far I'm thinking to hire a chef to come to our house. Any good ideas? Thx! Report Quote · Love it Submitted May 10, 2019 at 04:18PM Hi,Wife just gave birth to our 2nd daughter and since we're staying at home I have no idea what to do for our 5th wedding anniversary. Wife said to "just not make it a typical day".  She's not asking for a gift so I want to do something special at home.  I'd like to m...

My husband and I work different schedules. He has a typical Monday through Friday 8-5 job and I work twelve hour shifts on random days, always into the evening. Some days I get off at 8 pm but usually I get out usually at midnight so those days I don’t even see my husband. Some weeks I work four days, other weeks two, so it’s completely random. I also work some weekends. My husband spends a lot of time with his friends from work (two single, one in a serious relationship). They are really good guys and I have joined their hang outs sometimes. Very solid, responsible, kind smart guys and I have no problem with them. They are great influences. My husband and his pals often go rock climbing. Rarely to the casino. Sometimes out for dinner and drinks for a few hours after work. At minimum he hangs out with them once a week but lately it’s three times a week. I thinks it’s pretty weird a married man hangs out with his buddies three times a week but at the same time I like his friends and ...

Much appreciated, thank you everyone for a wonderful community here. My mom is really struggling in her marriage and it's affecting our family a lot for years. Just want a solution :( Submitted May 10, 2019 at 04:23PM Much appreciated, thank you everyone for a wonderful community here. My mom is really struggling in her marriage and it's affecting our family a lot for years. Just want a solution :(

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